John McGlynn believes his Hearts side must beat Liverpool on Thursday to have any hope of progressing in Europe.

Hearts faced Spurs at this stage last season and a 5-0 home loss meant they were effectively knocked out after 90 minutes of torture. The Tynecastle boss is determined to ensure that doesn’t happen again.

He said: “You want to make sure you are in the tie for the next game. That means we have to make life as difficult for Liverpool as we possibly can.

“If we have got any ambitions to get through the tie, I would imagine we’ll need to take a lead to Anfield. That may be very hard to do but you’ve got to have ambition. The first game against Tottenham finished that tie last year and we can’t have that again.

“Liverpool losing badly at the weekend may not be the best thing for us because they’ll want to make amends.

“But we’ll try to create chances, make them nervous – and stay in the tie for the return leg.”